God's Dreaming: Thoughts On God, Religion And Everything So Accused
Basic Education
Submitted by Taranis on Mon, 01/25/2010 - 00:39
I think that before the age of 10, every child should be able to:
- Cook a healthy meal. Maybe even tasty. Bonus points: something that they can grow themselves.
- Perform basic first aid.
- Build a basic shelter.
- Read and write.
- Understand and use basic electrical concepts safely.
- Hunt, fish or forage.
- Be capable of simple mathematics.
- Discuss two or more religions and cultures by their commonalities. For all intents and purposes, atheism should be considered a 'religion' in this context.
- Use computing devices.
- Communicate effectively.
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Re: Basic Education
- Know the value of basic manners, like 'good morning', 'please' and 'thank you'.
- Know how to cross a road safely - what the UK calls the Green Cross Code:
- For children, see: http://talesoftheroad.direct.gov.uk/
- For parents, see: http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Parents/Yourchildshealthandsafety/Roadandtra... -or- http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A1101484
- Know at least one adult trustworthy enough to ask for help, and that there's no shame in asking.
Edmund G.